This is no tweak or tuck. That’s what Ian Stewart would call it if he were moving two or three inches farther away from the plate.

But a foot? That’s borderline reinventing yourself.

That’s what it has come to for Stewart. The Rockies have grown weary of his high strikeout totals and penchant for trying to pull every pitch. So new hitting coach Carney Lansford, who worked with Stewart in Triple A in 2007, has backed him 12 inches farther away from the plate.

Stewart will stay in the back of the batter’s box, but his left foot no longer will touch the line next to the plate. The move is designed to let him extend his arms and hit pitches on the outside corner to left field, while giving him the ability to pull pitches on the inside corner, the likes of which gave him fits in 2010.

“Last year, I was taking those pitches on the inside part or swinging and getting jammed,’’ said Stewart. “This gives me more room inside to find the barrel. And I can still get to pitches on the outside part of the plate.’’

The book on Stewart changed over the course of last season. The more he struggled with pitches on the inside corner, the more opposing pitchers worked him there.

“There were times when I felt like it was a ball, but it caught part of the plate,’’ he said. “That was frustrating. That’s what we’re working on right now. I’m trying to feel comfortable in the box and make sure I’m not creeping up on the plate.’’

The move away from the plate is all part of new hitting instructor Carney Lansford’s attempt to rework Stewart’s swing. The two worked together in Colorado Springs in 2007 when Lansford was the Sky Sox’s hitting coach.